Teacher's Guide

We All Grow and  Change

 Scenario


When you are a baby, you need help with many things.  You learn how to walk, how to talk, and how to eat with a spoon.  

As you grow, you change in many ways.  You become taller and stronger.  You run and climb and swim.  You learn to read and think big thoughts!

Animals also grow and change after they are born.  Some animals begin as babies.  Other animals start inside an egg.  A few animals even transform as they grow from one life stage to another!

Click on the butterfly below to learn more about one interesting example.

We are going to research another animal, the frog, who grows and changes.  Then we will create multimedia presentations to teach our friends in Kindergarten about how we all grow and change!

How do the ways frogs grow and change compare and contrast with the ways people grow and change? 

Task and Product

First you will use a Human Growth Chart to show everything you already know about the ways people grow and change.

Next, you will use a website about frogs to find information about how frogs grow and change.

Then you will use a Frog Growth Chart to show how frogs grow and change.

Finally, you will create a multimedia presentation to show what you have learned!

Assessments

Click on the checklist below to help you do your very best work at each step!

My Frog Log

Question

 

Big Question: 

How do the ways frogs grow and change compare and contrast with the ways people grow and change? 

More Questions:

  • How do frogs begin their lives?
  • What happens when they start to grow?
  • How do their bodies continue to change?
  • What are frogs like when they are all grown up?
  • What different things can frogs do, at different stages of their lives? 

Gather and Sort

Click on the frog pond below to visit a website about the frog life cycle to learn more about how frogs grow and change.

Organize

 1.  Use the Human Growth Chart to organize what you already know about the ways people grow and change.

2.  Use the Frog Growth Chart to organize what you have learned about the ways frogs grow and change.

Conclusion

Let's Share!

Now that we have learned so much, we will share our presentations with our friends in Kindergarten, teaching them about the ways we all grow and change. 

Think Big Thoughts!

  • Why do animals have to grow and change?

  • Why do people have to grow and change?

  • What changes do you look forward to, as you grow up?